Area Mihara The port of Mihara sits pretty much in the center of Hiroshima prefecture’s Seto Inland Sea coastline, 20 minutes by bullet train from Hiroshima and right between Takehara and Onomichi. The..
Culture Zen at Kamakura's Kencho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Japanese Zen consists of Soto-zen, best represented by the Soji-ji Temple... Soto-zen, which was conveyed by Dogen, stresses Zen meditation and regards
Area Seiyo In Japan, the names for municipalities bear scant resemblance to entities of the same name in the west. So a place that is nominally a ‘city’ can be nothing more than a few small towns surro..
18 Culture Worth a Michelangelo Alena Eckelmann Tsubame-Sanjo before making your way to Niigata, or even further afield to Sado
Transportation Hiroshima Port Ujina Terminal Anonymous trip itself is an adventure, offering a chance to see the beauty of the Seto
Shopping Shimanami no Eki Mishima Anonymous The Shimanami Kaido is a highway that crosses the Seto Inland Sea between
Culture Gifu Castle, Park and Ropeway Dee Kernke Insect museum (a must see), Gifu City Museum of History, the Eizo & Toichi Kato
Culture Green Tourism and Sugegasa Hats Imogen Riethmuller Tourists often start at the Mezami no Sato tourism building for information